A.3 Installing SLES 10 SP4 and Post-Installing OES 2 SP3

It is also possible to install SLES 10 SP4 with EVMS as the system device, and then post-install OES 2 SP3 with NSS and other components.

  1. Install SLES 10 SP4 and use EVMS as the system device.

    For information, see Configuring the System Device at Install to Use EVMS in the SLES 10 SP4: Storage Administration Guide.

  2. Use the Create EVMS Proposal option to partition the device with EVMS as the volume manager.

    For instructions, see Step 2 through Step 5 in Section A.2, Configuring the System Device to Use EVMS.

  3. After the install and before you reboot the server, make sure to following the setup instructions in After the Install in the SLES 10 SP4: Storage Administration Guide.

  4. In YaST, use the OES 2 SP3 Add-on disk to post-install NSS and other OES 2 components.

    For information about selecting patterns, see Step 6 in Section A.2, Configuring the System Device to Use EVMS.

    For information about post-installing, see Section 4.0, Installing or Configuring OES 2 SP3 on an Existing Server.

  5. ,If the NSS services do not start automatically after you install NSS and reboot the server, use one of the following methods to start NSS. Thereafter, NSS should start automatically on reboot.

    32-bit: At a terminal console prompt, enter the following commands:

    cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
depmod -a
rcnovell-nss start

    64-bit: At a terminal console prompt, enter

    rcnovell-nss start